Pretty Daisies

I just love how these turned out...I used the Sizzix Daisy die which has three sizes of flowers. I cut three of each size and bent the petals up, then glued the layers together and then adhered the whole flower to a sucker stick which I inked in Kiwi Kiss with a re-inker. I arranged them in a cute vase and now they are ready to give as a gift or I might just keep them for myself.

True Blue Friend

For today's post I used my favorite paper from the new Stampin' Up line, Parisian Breeze, I am going to have to order another pack already. The stamps are from the set, Simple Friendship. I used Ruby Red for the base and the gingham pattern has polka dots on the back. I stamped the butterfly in Baja Breeze and cut it out and added Martha Stewart tiny pearls.

I also want to share a project from my friend, Robin. She used the Sizzix die, pillow box, to make this cute treat holder which she filled with mints. She plans to give these to the people we visit in nursing homes and to shut-ins through a new program we are starting at our church. I think that is such a sweet and caring gesture. Thanks, Robin.

Bunny Hop

I got a new Easter stamp! Isn't she so cute..this is a stamp from Paper Pretties called Bunny Hop. I colored it with Copic markers, not bad for the first attempt but I do need more practice. One of my girls has brown hair and the other is blond, well you know I got in trouble from little Blondie so I am working on a blond girl. I should have stamped the sentiment in a darker color so it would show up better, it says "hippity, hoppity Easter is on its way".

Happy Hunting

I don't have but one Easter stamp set so I thought I would try creating an Easter scene. I used the stamp set, Inspired by Nature, to make the grass and brads for the eggs, the rabbit is a button, and the butterflies are from the Branch Out set. The colors are So Saffron and Certainly Celery, my new faves. Hope you like it! Make sure you check back tomorrow for the start of blog candy.

Christ is Risen!

I accidentally chose a small picture to upload but to see it larger you can click on the picture.

Isn't that the most wonderful message...We can serve a living Christ...who died for us but who now lives eternally just like we will if we are willing to accept him as our Lord and Savior. My son, Seth, asked for forgiveness this past Sunday and now has the assurance that he will live eternally in Heaven.

This card is in honor of Seth, I am so excited to see what God has in store for him as he becomes a father in the near future. Thanks be to God for this blessing.

I don't know if you can tell but the black on this card is embossed with one of the new Stampin' Up embossing plates. The stamp is from Our Daily Bread. The daisy's are a sizzix die cut also from Stampin' Up. This is one of the projects for my stamp camp tomorrow. Hope you like it.

Card Set

Here are three of the cards I made to go in the box I posted yesterday. The basic color is Baja Breeze and the floral paper is Anna Griffin.

A2 card box

Our youth department at church is doing a fund raiser and asked all the Sunday School classes to put together a themed basket which will be sold at a silent auction. Our WOM-women on mission-group is putting together a basket and we were asked to use our talent or our specialty to come up with an item for the basket, so of course I said I would make some cards. I made a box which is what I am showing you today and added 4 cards for different occasions to the box. I'll show you the cards tomorrow.

True Friend

This is a little box I made using the Top Note die. The butterfly is also an exclusive Stampin' Up die by Sizzix.

Thoughts and Prayers

Do you have to have a reason to stamp? Sometimes I have to have a need for a card before I can really get motivated. All day I sat here thinking I need to make a card and searched all the blogs I usually visit but did not feel inspired to make anything. Then, I picked up our local paper and saw that a friend's mother had passed away and I knew I had to make a card. Here is what I came up with...I used chocolate chip for the base, then a layer of baja breeze, and then Parisian breeze dp. I cut the large scallop with nestibilites. The stamp set is Thoughts and Prayers. I didn't realize how crooked this photo looks until I uploaded it, I must have had the camera at an angle.

Simple Thoughts and Prayers

Before I get to my card I have some news hot off the press...Starting July 1 Stampin' Up will revert to one catalog a year instead of two...YEAH!!! They will have several minis each year but only one catalog.
Now to my card for today, I used the set Thoughts and Prayers which I really like. I like to send cards to people who I know are going through a trying time and this card set is just perfect. I didn't want to take away from the message I was sending with the card by adding a lot of stuff...designer papers, embellishment..instead I want the recipient to focus on the words of the card and to know they are sincere.